Bar Beach Tropical

Status: Open
Address: 44 Lewisham Way, SE14 6NP (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Lewisham
Former name(s): Fat Walrus
Old Haberdasher
Gourmet Bar Restaurant
Hardcastle
Rosemary
Rosemary Branch
Former address: 44 Lewisham High Road (1921)
Upper Lewisham Road (1867)
Lewisham Road (1862)
Historical parish: Deptford
Dates open: c1854-
Good Beer Guide: [Rosemary Branch:] 1985
Owner: Stonegate Pub Company
Ei Group (former)
Notes: Renamed as the "Old Haberdasher" in c2011, as the "Fat Walrus" in 2016, and as "Bar Beach Tropical" in 2024.
Photo taken in September 2025
Sources: Open date: Lewisham Local List
Renaming: CAMRA
Census 1911 [D Jones]
London Drinker WP13/WP29
PO 1862/1867/1896/1914 (all as "Rosemary Branch")
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